Venezuela Opposition Leader Flees After Arrest Order
- Edmundo González was granted political asylum in Spain
- He left Venezuela a week after government ordered his arrest
Edmundo Gonzalez
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The resistance against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro was dealt a major blow on Saturday, when the president’s main opposition fled to Spain.
Edmundo González’s departure comes one month after his party presented voting records to prove his win in the July 28 presidential election through an unprecedented, citizen-led oversight system. Venezuelan authorities, however, declared Maduro reelected to a third term and ordered González’s arrest.